Mr Dreyfus wrote to the AFP after a Senate estimates hearing in February, during which Professor Triggs accused Senator Brandis of offering her an incentive to resign through the head of the Attorney-General’s Department, Chris Moraitis.

The offer of another senior position was made just weeks before the release of the commission’s damning Forgotten Children report on children in immigration detention.

Following the release of the report, Senator Brandis and Prime Minister Tony Abbott declared they no longer had confidence in Professor Triggs and accused her of political bias.

Senator Brandis was censured by the Senate in March for his attacks on Professor Triggs.

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